Amnesty International Aktion anlässlich der US PArole CommissionAnhörung zu Leonard Peltier: bitte unbedingt mitmachen…

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https://www.amnesty.de/mitmachen/urgent-action/usa-leonard-peltier-endlich-freilassen-2024

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Dear Acting Chairperson Cushwa and Commissioner Massarone,

I am writing to urge you to grant parole to Native American elder Leonard Peltier (Bureau of Prisons Register Number 89637-132).

For nearly five decades, Amnesty International—the non-partisan global human rights organization—has documented serious concerns about the legal process which led to Leonard Peltier’s conviction and sentencing. 

Tribal Nations, Indigenous leaders, Members of Congress, former FBI Agents, the U.N. Working Group on Arbitrary Detention, Nobel Peace Prize laureates and even the former U.S. Attorney, James Reynolds, whose office handled Leonard Peltier’s prosecution and appeal, have also called for Leonard Peltier’s release. 

U.S. Attorney Reynolds wrote in 2021, “in my opinion, to continue to imprison Mr. Peltier any longer, knowing all that we know now, would serve only to continue the broken relationship between Native Americans and the government.”

Given the ongoing, unresolved concerns about the fairness of Leonard Peltier’s incarceration, that he has spent nearly 50 years in prison, his age, and ongoing and chronic health issues, granting parole is timely and in the interests of both justice and mercy. 

Yours sincerely,